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The MBA 511 course at DILLA University focuses on the fundamental concepts and principles of management, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Students will learn about corporate social responsibility, managerial ethics, and effective communication, along with various management theories and practices. Assessment includes a formal exam, case write-up, assignments, class participation, and a term paper.

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The MBA 511 course at DILLA University focuses on the fundamental concepts and principles of management, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Students will learn about corporate social responsibility, managerial ethics, and effective communication, along with various management theories and practices. Assessment includes a formal exam, case write-up, assignments, class participation, and a term paper.

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DILLA University

College of Business and Economics, Department of Management


MBA Programme
Course Code: MBA 511
Credit Hours 2
Instructor: Dr. Ashenafi Kebede (Asst. Professor of Business Leadership)

Theory & Practices of Management


Course Description:

This course focuses on the basic concepts and principles of management, the functions
of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling, and their relationships to key
issues in management practices, such as leadership and motivation. Decision making
and effective communication are also discussed

Objectives: After studying this subject students will be able to:

 Know what management is all about


 Discuss corporate social responsibility and managerial ethics
 Understand perspectives on management
 Analyze how important the planning is
 Inculcate the organizing capabilities
 Understand the importance of leadership and controlling
 Discuss global dimensions of management
Course Outline

1. Management - Science, Theory and Practice: Definition of management, its nature


and purpose: Managing: Science or art (The elements of science), Managerial skills
and the organizational hierarchy. Functions of managers.
2. The Evolution of Management Thought: Frederick Taylor and scientific
management, Followers of Taylor, Fayol. The emergence of behavioral science. The
recent contributions to management thought: Changing environment of
management, Social and ethical responsibilities of the managers.

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3. Management and Environment: Internal and External Environment, General
environment, Environmental sectors, PESTEL analysis, Competitive Environment, Poster’s
five forces , SWOT analysis and Matrix, Resource dependence.,
4. Planning: Nature, Types and steps of planning, Importance of planning; Nature of
objectives, Management by Objectives (MBO); Nature and purpose of strategies and
policies. The strategic planning process, Major kinds of strategies and policies,
Effective implementation strategies.
5. The Nature and Purpose of Organizing - Basic Departmentation: Formal and
informal organization, Organizational division-the department, The structure and
process of organizing, The span of management; Departmentation by time,
Enterprise function, Geography, Product, Customer, Matrix organization.
6. Line/Staff Authority and Decentralization: Line and staff concepts, Benefits and
limitations of staff: decentralization of authority, Degrees of decentralization,
Delegation of authority, Factors determining the degrees of decentralization of
authority, making staff work effective, promoting an appropriate organization culture,
Contingencies in organizing.
7. The Nature and Purpose of Staffing: Definition of staffing, Purpose of staffing, An
overview of the staffing functions: Situational factors affecting staffing, Skills and
personal characteristics needed by managers, Recruitment, Selection, Promotion,
Demotion and transfer.
8. Human factors and Motivation: Human factors in managing, Motivation and
motivators; Special motivational techniques.
9. Leadership: Defining Leadership, Ingredients of leadership, Styles and functions of
leadership, Trait approach to leadership, Situational or contingency approaches to
leadership.
10. Managerial communication and decision making: the nature of communication,
barriers to communication, basic types of communication kinds of feedback, non
verbal communication, Emotional intelligence, audience strategy, presentation skill,
the decision – making process ,types of decision-making ,the decision-making
process, decision- making in groups

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11. The System and Process of Controlling: The basic control process, Initial control
points and standards, Control as a Feedback system, Requirement for effective
control; Control techniques - The budget, Traditional non-budgetary control devices.
12. Comparative Management: Special features of management in Japan, USA and
China.

AssessmentPolicy

 A formal exam 60%


 A case write-up 10%

 Assignments 15%

 Class participation 5%

 Term paper 10%

Suggested Readings:
1. Koontz, H and Wechrich, H., Management, McGraw Hill, New York.
2. Schermerhorn, Management, 6ed
3. Robbins, S. P., Management, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice hall Inc., New Jersey,
4. Gene Burton and Manab Thakor,2006. Management Today, Principles and Practices.
5. Terry,George, 2006. Principles of Management, 8ed.
6. Stoner J, Management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.

7. B.S Moshal, 2009. Principles of Management.


8. E-RESOURCES/ E-JOURNALS/E-BOOKS

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